scrimmage
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A year ago, he completed a remarkable 50% of his passes of at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Neither offense did much in the second half after Cleveland scored on its first play from scrimmage, a 32-yard touchdown by Odebunmi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
With under a minute remaining, he backpedaled until he was 26.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage, only to uncork a game-tying touchdown pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Kiffin’s designs launched receivers into wide open grass and sent running backs bursting clean through the line of scrimmage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
I’d scored six points during a basketball scrimmage in PE, and Coach Yang told me that if I kept that up, maybe I could try out for the team.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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He and a couple acquaintances from Harvard organized scrimmages for other local college players at a complex outside of Worcester, Mass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Then came the Americans, who often acted as if they would have been content to slog through meaningless scrimmages in half-empty spring-training stadiums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Other teams will hold scrimmages on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
At practices, Carlisle said, Walton raised the competition level so high the starters and backups argued about who won the most scrimmages.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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While his peers scrimmaged against players in their own grade, the young Kon Knueppel spent his evenings taking a crash course in basketball nitty-gritty from guys two or three times his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Warriors: Veteran Andre Iguodala, yet to play in a game this season, scrimmaged with the G League squad earlier in the day at Chase Center.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
That was a familiar team to the Pioneers, who had scrimmaged against the Eagles in the preseason, but it was not the squad they were expecting.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
Centennial has already scrimmaged against Mater Dei this preseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
I kept my head where it was supposed to be, in the moment, even when we scrimmaged.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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Tucker will wrap up spring practice Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where fans will watch a 15-period practice that will include first-string offensive players scrimmaging against the team’s top defense.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
The team spent the days afterward scrimmaging twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Afterward, Thompson remained on the bench for more than 20 minutes — acknowledging earlier in the week after resuming full-court scrimmaging that this has been a taxing rehab grind after back-to-back serious injuries.
From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021
Here are some other observations from UW’s eighth fall practice, which included the most legitimate scrimmaging thus far.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
“Right. They had that video, you and me scrimmaging, when you made that ridiculously shallow lob and I caught you at the net.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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